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This list might receive some grief from those who wish to disintegrate gender roles and expectations, and while we certainly don’t want to perpetuate those, there is no denying that they are still an intricate part of our society’s fabric. Hopefully, some day, everyone will feel free to look and behave any way they want, regardless of gender, without receiving any societal pushback. But for now, most people on this planet have been alive during decades of rather restrictive gender expectations. It’s hard for people to forget centuries of societal norms, which is why some men have evolved to cringe at certain adjectives, mostly when applied to them. Right or wrong, progressive or not, these are 11 adjectives most men don’t want you to use to describe them.
